Top 25 Failed Tech Predictions on Computers

1. - " There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. " - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977. 2. In 1943, Thomas J Watson, President of IBM, supposedly said " I think there is a world market for maybe five computers ". 3. " 640K ought to be enough for anybody. " or " No one will need more than 637 kilobytes of memory for a personal computer. " are two variants of the same quote, often misattributed to Bill Gates in 1981. Gates has repeatedly denied ever saying this, and he points out that it has never been attributed to him with a proper source. ...